Staff Reviews

Description

The Time of the Doves - by Merce Rodoreda - is the powerfully written story of a naive shop-tender during the Spanish Civil War and beyond, is a rare and moving portrait of a simple soul confronting and surviving a convulsive period in history. The book has been widely translated, and was made into a film.

About the Author

Merce Rodoreda is the author of My Christina & Other Stories and Camellia Street-both are available from Graywolf Press.

Praise For…

"The most beautiful novel published in Spain since the Civil War."—Gabriel García Márquez

"[I] read [The Time of the Doves] cover to cover all in one afternoon. When I was finished, I felt as foolish as Balboa discovering the powerful Pacific."—Sandra Cisneros, from her Foreword to Camilla Street